Roof Scammer Who Conned Elderly Ellicott City Residents Charged With Financial Crimes
ELLICOTT CITY, Md. (WJZ) -- Howard County Police said the man who conned an elderly Ellicott City couple out of $33,000 in May for a roofing job is now behind bars.
Police said 30-year-old William Lee Nicholson was charged in a warrant on financial crimes against a vulnerable adult, theft, theft scheme, and business charges for acting as an unlicensed contractor.
The patrol squad that covers the couple's neighborhood helped fix the roof in late May.
When an elderly couple reported to police that they had been scammed out of $33,000 for a roof job, the patrol squad that covers their Ellicott City neighborhood (w/ help from a neighborly roofing expert) decided to trade their duty belts for tool belts & fix the roof themselves. pic.twitter.com/K9QZXdPujC
— Howard County Police Department (@HCPDNews) May 28, 2021
Nicholson has no fixed address and is being held in a Pennsylvania jail, police said.